Chapter Ninety-Two: New Hatred and Old Hatred
ps: This book has been renewed, because the editor said that the ending of the outline cannot be used, so Yi Wen will give a relatively normal ending, starting today, one more every day, probably write more than 100,000 words, and you can give an ending that is not a eunuch.
In addition, several author friends persuaded me to write a new book to try, and they asked me to try coaching again, and Yi Wen also wrote it, and the title of the book "The Strongest Coach in History" has been sent out, I hope you can support it.
"Let's have the greatest star of all time! Regular Season MVP - Michael Jordan - ! In the middle of the pitch, the moderator dragged his voice out for a long time, and the cheers in the Union Center really seemed to be able to drown out his voice completely.
The Bulls fans have gone crazy, some of them are yelling, some are laughing, and some are even silently shedding tears.
"This is Michael Jordan's last season, he has once again won the regular season MVP, and he deserves to be the greatest star of all time!"
"Great Michael, another regular season MVP!"
"Oh! Michael's final season, which was really disappointing! ”
Even the neutral commentators began to sing praises for Michael Jordan, or regretted that Michael Jordan was about to retire.
But all of them seem to have forgotten about one person, and that's Jonny Lee.
This is the scene of the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, at the United Center Arena in Chicago, Jonny is standing in front of the visiting team's bench, cross-legging his waist to watch Michael Jordan receive the MVP trophy from David Stern's hands with a little excitement, Jonny suddenly has a feeling that he wants to run away, the trophy should belong to him!
Averaging 37.8 points, 9.6 assists and 3.2 steals per game but losing to Michael Jordan, who averaged 28.7 points per game, it is clear that Jordan's retirement pathos card has played a role. But Jonny can't manage so much, Celtic's record is not bad, and his own statistics are better. But the regular season MVP is still not his own, which is unjustifiable no matter what.
Jonny felt that he and Michael Jordan had become a deep hatred, and from the previous confrontation again and again, they had formed a bond, and now, there was a new feud. Jonny felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, he wanted to let everyone know that Michael Jordan was just relying on the old and selling the old, he snatched his MVP trophy, but Jonny will still win Michael Jordan!
Originally, this game against the Bulls was the game that Jonny had to win, but now that the old and new hatreds have come together, Jonny wants to win this game even more.
"This game, we have to win." Jonny said with a cold face, standing beside the main players of the team.
Derek Coleman: They also know what Jonny is thinking in his heart right now. So they all nodded silently, in this game, they really had to work hard.
After the medal ceremony of the regular season MVP, the game begins.
The Celtics are still the main lineup, and there is no change on the Bulls' side, Luke Longley and Ben Wallace jump ball, and Ben Wallace, who has too much height difference, naturally lost the jump ball.
The Australians snatched the basketball by sheer margins, and the Bulls began their first offense.
"The first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bulls and the Celtics has officially begun! I'm your old friend, Mike Brin. This one next to me is my old partner Marvon Albert. ”
"The Bulls had the ball in the first wave of offense, and Ron Harper had already brought the ball to the frontcourt. We just said that. This season is Michael Jordan's last season, and the three consecutive championships are only one last championship, presumably Michael Jordan will not let himself lose this championship. But the Celtics definitely don't want to see the Bulls step on them like this, so this round of matchup will definitely be a wonderful series! ”
"That's right, Mike was right. But actually you're missing something, didn't you think of Jonny Lee? He was robbed of the regular season MVP by Michael Jordan! With that, Mav-Albert laughed. Mike Brin was also reminded and laughed as well.
They just want this round of the series to be more exciting, so now that the Bulls and Celtics have so many connections, the game will definitely be very exciting. Naturally, they were happy.
On the field, Michael Jordan has already begun to provoke Jonny: "Hey, Jonny, my MVP trophy is beautiful, right?" ”
Jonny was about to get angry, and he wanted to punch Michael Jordan in the face, this Nima, this guy actually got cheap and sold well! Jonny couldn't bear it, and the action on the defensive end was a little bigger, and Michael Jordan pushed and shoved, which directly attracted the attention of the referee, and after Scott Pippen broke through and hit a layup, the referee came over and warned Jonny and Michael Jordan.
And then, Jonny is going to let Michael Jordan know how good he is.
The Celtics' first offense, Jonny took the ball in his hands, stood outside the three-point line, and encountered Michael Jordan's defense.
Jonny took the ball directly, rushed into the three-point line in three steps and two steps, and regardless of the defense that Michael Jordan had been following, he made a layup in three steps and hit! The Celtics also hit a two-point shot, and the two sides tied the opening game.
"Jonny Lee is in very good shape, even though Michael Jordan has tried his best to defend and this goal is still going in!"
Although the goal was scored, Jonny felt that the situation seemed to be a little grim, because Jonny's goal just now actually consumed countless of his energy. It's not just Michael Jordan who is defending himself with all his might, but Dennis Rodman and Scott Pippen are also eyeing him on the side. It seems that in the playoffs, the Bulls' defense is instantly different.
This gives Jonny the feeling that the Bulls' defense is more than a notch better than the regular season!
Jonny couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sure enough, the Bulls were able to win two consecutive championships, and now they can rush to three consecutive championships, but they don't rely on stars, their defense is unexpectedly strong!
Phil Jackson is a head coach known for his triangle offense, and it stands to reason that the Bulls won't have such a strong defense, and the Bulls should be strong on their offense, as has always been, Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen are a perfect fit in the triangle offense. But now, the Bulls' defense makes Jonny feel like he's running against Larry Brown's team, and that suffocating defense can only be felt against Larry Brown's team.
Soon. The Bulls' triangle offense made Jonny feel another tricky, Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen on the offensive end of the various small combinations, easily tore apart the Celtics' fragile defense, and then Michael Jordan scored, or Scott Pippen scored, and the two of them linked. Coupled with Luke Longley on the inside, the Bulls' offense was running at full capacity.
Naturally, the Celtics' weak defense could not withstand the Bulls' onslaught.
But fortunately, the Celtics' own offense was okay, Xu Yi tried his best, and finally played a draw with the Bulls.
After Michael Jordan turned around and scored a shot, Jonny turned around and shot a three-pointer and hit it!
At 5:4, Jonny scored 5 points in a row.
Then, Michael Jordan tore through the Celtics' defense with his running position, and then hit the ground and passed the ball to Luke Longley on the inside. Luke Longley dunked on the spot, scored 2 points, 6:5!
But then, Jonny gritted his teeth and hit another three! It's in again! When the sound of a crisp basketball passing through the nets came, Jonny jumped straight into the air, ignoring the boos of the Bulls fans! The celebration began!
With two three-pointers in a row, only Jonny himself knows how hard he has worked, but in the eyes of outsiders. That's when Jonny's state exploded, in fact, only Jonny himself knows. How many skills he just used up!
At 8:6, the Celtics led the Bulls by 2 points with Jonny's two three-pointers.
Then, Phil Jackson, who has always been calm, actually called a timeout directly!
This would have been unbelievable to Jonny, considering that Phil Jackson in the game was notoriously calm, and he wouldn't move at all if he couldn't move. Just sitting on the bench and chewing his gum, and now, less than two minutes into the game, Phil Jackson used up the first timeout!
Actually, it's because Jonny doesn't know Phil Jackson very well, if he knows Phil Jackson. He will know that Phil Jackson can become the most successful head coach in the NBA, but it is not casual, and Phil Jackson's adjustments are always very timely.
And this timeout is actually a timeout that Phil Jackson shouted when he sensed that Jonny was about to go berserk in order to disrupt Jonny's rhythm.
The Bulls took a timeout, and they quickly set up a tactic to guard against Jonny, but when they returned to the court, they found that Jonny was actually replaced by Rick Pitino.
"What is this? Is Rick Pitino crazy? He actually replaced Jonny directly?! ”
In fact, Rick Pitino was also a little helpless, replacing Jonny was not his will, but Jonny twisted his foot when he just got off the field, and actually twisted out the bruise, so Jonny needed a short treatment, and Rick Pitino replaced Jonny. But he didn't expect that because of this substitution, the Bulls' arrangement was disrupted.
Then, although the Celtics without Jonny fell to the bottom on the court, but fortunately, Derrick Coleman scored consecutive points to help the team stabilize the situation.
On the sidelines, Jonny stood up: "Hey, Rick, I'm fine, let me play." ”
Jonny asked to play, and during his absence, the Celtics stabilized the situation on the court, but the advantage accumulated by Jonny's rampage was long gone. He didn't want to stay on the court and watch his teammates gradually let the Bulls open the score.
Rick Pitino was naturally desperate for Jonny to ask for a return to the game, so he quickly asked Jonny to go to the technical table to change people, and then waited for the dead ball.
"Just now Jonny had a little bit of a minor injury, but in just two or three minutes, he's ready to play again, and it doesn't seem like a big deal." Mike Brin noticed the situation on the sidelines and said a few words.
"There's no doubt about Jonny's importance to Celtic, so Rick Pitino opted to replace him right away."
Jonny came on and the game continued.
After returning to the game, Jonny looked at Derrick Coleman, who seemed to be in good form, and he was ready to play a playmaker role again.
On the first ball, Jonny chose to pass.
After he took the ball, he chose to rush into the penalty area, directly attracting Dennis Rodman's bag, in this case, Jonny did not choose to come hard, but chose to pass, a somewhat gorgeous pass behind his head, directly let Derrick Coleman get a mid-distance unmarked shot!
There was an exclamation from the United Center, and in the midst of that exclamation, Derek Coleman raised his hand to hit the undoubted mid-range shot.
Then, the Bulls did not show weakness, Scott Pippen forced Bruce Bowen and dunked!
The two teams ended in a tie in the first quarter, but in fact, by the end of the first quarter, the Celtics were already five points behind, and they were 23-28 behind the Bulls.
At the beginning of the second quarter, everything was still similar to the first quarter, with few mistakes on both sides and a relatively high offensive success rate. And Jonny slightly opened up some individual mode in the second quarter, coupled with the good form shown by Derrick Coleman, the Celtics barely let the Bulls open the difference, and even narrowed the score gap a little.
At the end of the second quarter, the Celtics trailed by just two points.
It was a tough game, but for Jonny, the first half was unexpectedly easy, and he thought he was going to start a full individual game, but Derrick Coleman really played his part and scored one after another.
Throughout the first half, Jonny got 16 points and 6 assists, plus 3 rebounds and 2 steals, and Derrick Coleman, who helped the Celtics stabilize the situation today, also got 14 points and 11 rebounds in the first half.
In the visiting dressing room after half-time, all that remained was the footsteps of the Celtic players, with Jonny slatting ice packs on the side and waiting for Rick Pitino to set up for the second half.
"In the second half, Jonny continued to play, and we made other substitutions, Dana for Chauncey, Mark Blunt for Ben, Anthony Parker for Bruce Bowen, and the rest was the same."
Jonny was not surprised to hear the personnel arrangement in the second half, he was going to continue to play in this game, and of course Derrick Coleman, who was in good form, was also going to continue to play, which was a bit unexpected.
However, Derrick Coleman, who is not in good physical condition, will still get some time to rest, but that will be when Derrick Coleman is out of shape. As for himself, Jonny has long been prepared for a whole game without rest.
According to Rick Pitino's plan, the Celtics need to completely chase the Bulls' score in the first three quarters and can't be pulled away by the Bulls. In the face of such a strong team, the Celtics obviously can't think about leading the Bulls by a big score, all they can think about is fighting with the Bulls until the last minute!
In the final moments, the victory of the game is not about the strength of the team, but luck is all that matters, and Rick Pitino believes that the younger Celtic will deliver a better answer in the final moments of the game.
The second half of the game restarted, and Jonny, who was standing in the tunnel of players, exhaled deeply, he knew that the real test would be in the second half, especially at the beginning of the third and fourth quarters, when the Bulls would definitely push hard to open up the difference. (To be continued......)